Confessions

Pocket Hardbacks- world-changing ideas meet eye-catching design- the best of the extraordinarily successful Great Ideas series, now packaged in Coralie Bickford-Smith's award-winning clothbound coversA new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers designed by Coralie Bickford-SmithWorld-changing ideas meet eye-catching design- the best titles of the extraordinarily successful Great Ideas series are now packaged in Coralie Bickford-Smith's distinctive, award-winning covers. Whether on a well-curated shelf or in your back pocket, these timeless works of philosophical, political, and psychological thought are absolute must-haves for book collectors as well as design enthusiasts.The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and worldviews. HisConfessions, written when he was in his forties, recount how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle, to become instead an ardent devotee of Christianity and one of its most influential thinkers. A remarkably honest and revealing spiritual autobiography touching on issues relevant to people of all faiths, theConfessionsalso address fundamental issues of Christian doctrine, and many of the prayers and meditations it includes are still an integral part of the practice of Christianity today.In his insightful introduction, R. S. Pine-Coffin discusses Saint Augustine's intentions in writing hisConfessionsand issues of translation. This edition also includes a list of dates of events recorded in the Confessions.For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.

“"[Wills] renders Augustine's famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact." - Los Angeles Times "[Wills's] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills's pages." -Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books "Augustine flourishes in Wills's hand." -James Wood "A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition." - Chicago Tribune”

"[Wills] renders Augustine's famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact."
-"Los Angeles Times"
"[Wills's] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills's pages."
-Peter Brown, "The New York Review of Books"
"Augustine flourishes in Wills's hand."
-James Wood
"A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition."
-"Chicago Tribune"

St Augustine of Hippo, the great Doctor of the Latin Church, was born at Thagaste in North Africa, in 354 CE. He was brought up as a Christian but he was soon converted to the Manichean religion. He also came under the influence of Neoplatonism. However, in 387 he renounced all his unorthodox beliefs and was baptised into Christianity. His surviving works have profoundly influenced Christian theology and the psychology and political theology of the West.R. S. Pine-Coffinwas born in 1917. He was educated at Ampleforth and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He died in 1992.

This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.